Size matters: Community size, HIV stigma, and gender differences

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1205-1212

  Gonzalez, Adam ^a   Miller, Carol T ^a   Solomon, Sondra E ^a   Bunn, Janice Yanushka ^b   Cassidy, Daniel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; HIV AIDS; Metropolitan; Micropolitan; Rural; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIGMA; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 72449173910     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9465-2     Document Type: Article

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